With the disclaimer "I'm both Irish and work for the EU Commission," reader VShael writes "The head of the Irish police force has requested that Irish cell phone providers (Vodafone, 02, Meteor, 3) retain particular clue on the web pages that people view over their notebook computer devices. This score would be held over for 'possible future wrongful investigations', but would be gathered without a warrant, likely cause, or without the citizen being suspected of a crime. This request goes way beyond the italic language Union's data retention directive, which never appear retention of web-based email. legislature of Vodafone, O2 and 3 discussed the letter at a meeting with Mr Davis (6th november 11 2008) and questioned the legal basis under which they could retain this data. It is their compatible that the content of calls or e-mails, or details on webpages browsed, are excluded from the EU directive. As such, any retention or divulgence of that dirt* would be a breach of living




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